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Health & Prevention

Health and prevention are two topics on the minds of most aging adults.  Here we provide information and articles to help Seniors stay healthy and stay informed in the latest advances in healthcare.  To contact NCBAM or to sign up for the quarterly newsletter, click here.

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Posted by Wendy Minton Edwards in category on July 25, 2012

Most everyone knows that Alzheimer's Disease is characterized by memory loss.  We all wonder if Alzheimer's has set in when we forget something, misplace something, or can't find something that is important to us.  Truth be told, all of us,...read on

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Posted by Carol Layton in category Medication Management Priority #1: Prevention on July 25, 2012

Tom Selleck has made a career by mastering understated bravado. It’s rare to see one of his characters turn white with fear. But in “What About Thanksgiving?”—a season-two episode of the CBS drama, Blue Bloods, Selleck as police commissioner...read on

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Posted by Debbie Pilson in category on July 23, 2012

some important benefits.  Signed into law in March 2010, it saves money for seniors and people with Medicare.  Here are 2 ways it does that:

If you're in the donut hole, you receive a 50% discount when buying brand-name prescription drugs...read on

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Posted by Wendy Minton Edwards in category on July 03, 2012

Sunday afternoon I was reminded of the need to be prepared as I watched the hail hit the ground and bounce back up.  It reminded me that disasters seem to be coming more and more frequently and the time when many hit has arrived.  Aging...read on